Plays MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC and WAV
Your files, in the formats you actually keep them in — lossy or lossless. FLAC and ALAC play at native quality, with no conversion step and no re-encoding.
Struna · macOS
A local music player
for macOS.
Struna plays MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC and WAV files straight from the folders on your Mac. Built for people who own their music — plus internet radio and sounds for work when you need them.
Local library
No account
No subscription
Native macOS
In closed development · building toward launch
What it does
Built for people
who own their music.
Folders are playlists
Struna reads the folder structure you already keep. No import step, no library database to rebuild, no "add to collection" ritual — move a folder and the playlist moves with it.
Everything stays local
Your files never leave your Mac. Struna runs inside Apple's App Sandbox and can only read the folders you hand it through the system picker — nothing else, nothing uploaded.
Internet radio
A built-in catalog of stations, plus any stream URL you want to add yourself. Struna quietly checks once a week whether stations are still on air — and you can switch that off entirely.
Sounds for work
White noise and ambient background audio, built in. The same player you listen to albums in also carries you through a focus session — no second app, no browser tab.
A widget in the menu bar
Playback where you actually glance: a compact widget that lives in the top menu bar, so the main window only opens when you want it.
Made to fit your desk
Themes, layout, and the widget itself can be shaped to match how you work — quiet enough to disappear, or as present as you like.
Keyboard first
Shortcuts you assign yourself, a queue you can pull open at any moment, and a window that gets out of the way once the music starts.
Works offline
Local playback never needs a connection. A license activates online once, then keeps working offline for good — only radio asks for the internet.
Editions and pricing
Try it fully.
Buy it once.
Trial
14 days
The complete experience, from first launch. No account, no card.
- Every feature unlocked
- Nothing to sign up for
- Starts when you first open the app
Free
$0
When the trial ends, Struna keeps playing. It is never disabled or time-locked.
- Local playback
- Folders as playlists
- The built-in widget
- Standard themes
Licensed
$19.99 once
One payment. No subscription, no renewal, no recurring charge — ever.
- Full customization and personalization
- Every update to the version you buy, free
- Activates online, then works offline for good
- 14-day refund, no questions asked
Licenses are sold through Lemon Squeezy, our Merchant of Record. See the Terms and Refund Policy.
Ownership
No account.
No telemetry. No catch.
There is no Struna account, because there is nothing to log into. Your library, playlists, and listening history live on your machine and are never sent to us. The app runs no analytics and no crash reporting.
01 Your files stay where you put them
02 Activation works offline after the first check
03 Nothing is collected to be sold
The full detail is in our Privacy Policy.
Questions
Straight answers.
What is Struna?
Struna is a local music player for macOS. It plays audio files stored on your own Mac — MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC and WAV — using your existing folder structure as playlists. It also streams internet radio and includes ambient sounds for work such as white noise.
Which audio formats does Struna play?
MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC and WAV. Lossless formats such as FLAC and ALAC play at their native quality — nothing is transcoded on the way in.
Does Struna require an account or a subscription?
No to both. A license is a one-time purchase of $19.99, and the free edition never expires — so the app keeps working whether or not you ever buy it.
Does Struna upload my music or track what I listen to?
No. Your files never leave your Mac. Struna runs inside Apple's App Sandbox and can only read folders you explicitly choose. Your library, playlists and listening history stay on your device, and the app runs no analytics and no crash reporting.
Can Struna play internet radio?
Yes. There is a built-in catalog of stations, and you can add any stream URL yourself. A weekly check confirms stations are still on air, and that check can be switched off in settings.
Does Struna have white noise or sounds for focus?
Yes. Ambient sounds for work — white noise and similar background audio — are built in, so the same player covers both albums and focus sessions.
Does Struna work offline?
Local playback needs no internet connection at all. A license activates online once and then works offline permanently. Only internet radio requires a connection.
Is Struna available to download yet?
Not yet. Struna is in closed development and there are no public alpha builds. Write to [email protected] to be told when it ships.
Struna is in closed development. There are no public alpha builds.